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Dennis Alcapone

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Dennis Alcapone (Dennis Asquith Smith, born 1947 in Clarendon, Jamaica) is a Jamaican deejay and one of the original toasters who rose to prominence in the early 1970s. Inspired by King Tubby's Home Town Hi-Fi and U-Roy, he founded the El Paso sound system in 1969 with friends before recording for producers including Keith Hudson, Coxsone Dodd at Studio One, Duke Reid and Bunny Lee. His bright, exuberant vocal style made him among the most popular deejays of the era before he relocated to England.

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Era: Rocksteady, reggae and dub →
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Dennis Alcapone Interview [UNCUT] (Steve Barrow, mid-1990s)

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Community-archived unedited interview by reggae historian Steve Barrow; discovery-only embed.

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Dennis Alcapone - Guns Don't Argue

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Youtube upload; embedded as a discovery-only reference pending editorial review.

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Dennis Alcapone: From Then Till Now (The Interview)

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Reggae Vibes interview reference.

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In stories

Story · ProbableQuiet names of the toasting era

Behind U-Roy, Big Youth and Dennis Alcapone stood toasters whose records shaped the style but whose names rarely make the standard histories.

Story · Well supportedApprenticed to the sound: the deejay ladder

Every great Jamaican deejay of the 1960s and 70s served an apprenticeship on a named sound system.